The Oro Valley community is mourning the loss of former Town Councilman Kenneth “KC” Carter, who died on Saturday.

The Town of Oro Valley has fired a longtime employee after she provided a town council member with a recording of a conversation taped at a cancelled town board meeting.

Former Oro Valley Town Manager David Andrews and former Councilwoman Salette Latas were married on Saturday, June 12 at Lakeside Weddings and Events in Las Vegas, Nev.

The Town of Oro Valley and its police department cut the ribbon Friday, July 16, on the new OVPD substation located in Oro Valley Marketplace.

Selection of a community member to fill an opening on the Oro Valley has been rescheduled from last week to Wednesday, June 9.

Oro Valley mayor and town council members were sworn in last week, officially inaugurating a new era in local government.

After 12 years, Oro Valley's mayor is saying "goodbye" this week.

Mark Twain once said that the only people who have the right to use the collective "we" are kings, presidents, editors and people with tapeworms.

The Oro Valley community has shown strong interest in filling the town council seat Salette Latas vacated in April.

The final campaign finance reporting deadline before the May 18 Oro Valley election has passed, with mayoral candidates Satish Hiremath and Mike Zinkin reporting additional fund-raising.

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Through April 9, Oro Valley mayoral candidate Dr. Satish Hiremath had received $18,338 in campaign contributions, $11,492 more than Mike Zinkin.

Another Oro Valley Town Council member has resigned.

People at The Explorer were saddened to learn Monday of the weekend passing of Mary Elizabeth Evans, the Brit and tea authority who wrote a food column in our newspaper.

The ballots have been counted and counted again, now the results of the Oro Valley primary election are official.

Mary Snider has been elected to the Oro Valley Town Council, and it's a real achievement. The longtime community activist, synonymous with Project Graduation in Northwest high schools, was selected on a majority of town council ballots cast in the town's primary election last Tuesday.

Both incumbents on the Oro Valley Town Council have been defeated in their bids for re-election.

With the vote count complete, both Oro Valley Town Council incumbents have been defeated in their bids for re-election.

Oro Valley voters who did not mail their ballots for Tuesday's primary election by Friday are being encouraged to take them to one of two locations.

Candidates for Oro Valley mayor and town council have been out campaigning and raising money.

The Explorer asked Oro Valley town council candidates eight questions. Here are the final four question and answers. Responses were edited for length.

Initial financial statements show how much OV candidates have spent

County prepares for landfill changes

A proposal before the Oro Valley Town Council would institute the creation of an industrial development authority.